Format numeric values with significant digits and minimal trailing zeros — label_signif

This function formats numeric values to a specified number of significant digits, avoiding scientific notation and unnecessary trailing zeros. Useful for plotting labels where readability is important across varying numeric magnitudes.

Usage

label_signif_clean(x, digits = 2)

Arguments

x: Numeric vector of values to be formatted.
digits: Integer. Number of significant digits to retain (default is 2).

Value

A character vector of formatted numbers.

Examples

label_signif_clean(c(0.0001234, 0.0456, 1.23, 12.3, 123.4))
#> [1] "0.00012" "0.046"   "1.2"     "12"      "120"